[mythtv-users] MythTV with AT&T uverse

Willy Boyd willyboyd at gmail.com
Wed Sep 24 15:40:37 UTC 2008


On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Brandon Mintern <bmintern at gmail.com> wrote:

> A representative came today trying to sell me AT&T's uverse plan. If I
> had not already built a pretty expensive MythTV machine (4 320 GB HDDs
> in a RAID 5, AMD X2 4200+, 1 GB RAM, 2 pcHDTV 5500 tuners, 1 Hauppauge
> PVR-150), I would have switched on the spot (its 4 digital streams,
> faster Internet, and lower price are all improvements over WOW). While
> talking with the representative, however, I learned that the uverse
> service uses IPTV, receiving only the requested channels on demand
> instead of all of them as most cable companies do today. In my mind,
> this is a much more scalable, intelligent approach to broadcasting
> television and I view it as a step forward.
>
> That said, it also seems like it should be possible to tune these
> channels directly without the need for a uverse set-top box, by
> mirroring the same protocol. I suppose the problem then is that the
> received stream is probably still encoded, which doesn't really get us
> anywhere. The other alternative, of course, is to connect the MythTV
> backend to the set-top box, but is there a way to tune more than one
> channel at a time? So my initial question is: Has anyone had any
> success with MythTV and uverse? If not, what are the best options in
> the midwest (Columbus, OH), where my choices seem to be WOW, Time
> Warner, and this new uverse?
>
> I've had this wonderful machine just sitting here for several months
> because I haven't bothered to set it up -- there just seems to be no
> easy way to get all the channels I want in HD while being able to
> tune/record multiple channels at once. It seems the closest I can get
> is to have WOW or Time Warner, have the two 5500s hooked up to the
> coax, and have the PVR-150 (along with an IR blaster) hooked up to the
> set-top box, but then I can't get channels like ESPNHD, TNTHD, and
> STARZ ondemand in HD. Does anyone have any better-working
> configurations?
>
> Alternatively, if I can't get something suitable working, is anyone
> interested in some great MythTV hardware? ;-)
>
> Thanks,
> Brandon
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Sorry that I'm not directly answering your question, but I just wanted to
throw out that I also am very interested in hearing as much about uverse
from other Myth users as I can.  I'm in the Houston area and have been
watching my service fees go up with Comcast ever since the switch from Time
Warner.  I am SO ready to give Comcast the finger and uverse seems like the
likeliest of targets to switch to right now.



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